Living Bible Explorers Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 888821055RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($446,256) as filed with the CRA.
Living Bible Explorers Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $389K in revenue and $446K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Children's camps summer 5 day camp school year and weekend retreats saturday children's programs evening programs lunch provided to teens teens leadership weekly home visits and summer drop in programming for teens. All work is for families in winnipeg core area and north end.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $389K | $446K | $318K | $1,007 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $337K | $380K | $267K | $6,680 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $364K | $314K | $243K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $378K | $354K | $256K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $536K | $398K | $321K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Church of the Rock Inc.$15K
- Abundance Canada$12K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- All Peoples Church$10K
- Faith Bible Church of Winnipeg Inc.$7,200
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,000
- The King's Fellowship Inc$3,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,097
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,525
- Grant Memorial Baptist Church Inc$1,350
- Anchor Point Church Inc.$1,200
- Evangelical Mennonite Church of Pleasant Valley$1,075
- Drew Foundation Inc$1,000
- Many Rooms Church Community$735
- The Rademaker Foundation Inc.$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Klassen (chair); Gord Buczko (director); Kurt Hollander (director); Don Roe (director); Keith Mander (director); Kevin Masse (treasurer); Rob Martens (director); Kevin Lusk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Bible Explorers Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888821055RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.